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EDSON Il. RAND, OF GOFFSTOIVN, NEIV HAMPSHIRE.

l OILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,949, dated December 10, 1889.

Application filed May 16, 1889. Serial No. 311,051. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDSON L. RAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Goffstown,

in thecounty of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oilers; and I do declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperta'ins to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon., which form a part of this specication.

Figure l is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a vertical and longitudinal section; and Fig. 3, a bottom view of an oiler as made in accordance with my improvement, the nature of which lPatent of the United States, No. 369,125,

were granted to me on an oiler.

My presen t invention relates to an improvement thereon, whereby the construction of it is simpliied andthe cost of manufactu re materially lessened.

In the drawings, A denotes the can, B the nose or eduction-tube, and C the handle, the latter being ixed to the body of the can, which is cylindre conical, as represented. The elastic bottom d of the can is soldered within and to the cylindrical part of the body, and at a short distance above the bottom edge of said body, that part of the body below the elastic bottom a being integral with the said cylindrical part of the body of the can, whereas in the patented can the part below the elastic bottom cll and also the handle are separate from and detachable from the can. The lower portion d of the handle is extended underneath the bottom of the can, and at its end is provided with an eye or loop e, formed of the wire which constitutes a part of and extends around the'edges of the handle. The lever D is fulcrumed in said loop e, it having a notch c to keep it in position therein. A metallic disk f is seicured to the end of the lever underneath the can, anda point or Vprojection g from said lever enters a socket formed in a circular metallic plate 71., which bears against the elastic bottom of the can. The disk .f is to receive the thumb to operate the elastic -botL tom d when the body of the oiler instead of the handle is grasped by the hand to introduce the oiler into places where, for want of room, it cannot be introduced when held by the handle C. The other end of the lever D, which extends upward and within the hollow part 7c of the handle, is connected, as shown, to an actuator E by a spiral spring l, which encircles and is `soldered to each, as represented. This manner of connecting the lever and actuator enables the latter to move freely in its bearing in the handle, more so than if it is rigidly connected to the lever, as shown in the drawing of said patent.

The improvements hereinbefore described simplify the construction of the can and reduce the cost of its manufacture.

Having described my improvements, what I claim isl. The combination, with the oil-can provided with an elastic bottom and a handle permanently fixed to said can, the said handle extending underneath the elastic bottom and having a loop e, as shown, of a lever D, i

fulcrumed to said loop, the disk f and projection g, fixed to said lever, the plate `7L, bearing against the elastic bottom and pro-` vided with a socket to receive the projection g, the actuator E, and the spring l, connecting the lever and actuator, all essentially as shown and set fort-h.

2. The combination of the oil-can having an elastic bottom xed within its body, that part of the can below the said elastic bottom being integral with the body or with a part of said body above said bottom, with the handle C iixed to .said body, the lever D, fulcrumed underneath the elastic bottom, the disk f and projection g, fixed to said lever,

the socketed plate h, and the actuator E, con# nected to said lever by a spring and supported by the handle, all-substantially as represen ted.

In testimony whereof Iaftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.GA

.- EDSON L. RAND.

Witnesses: H. M. CAMPBELL, ADA F. RAND. 

